Connectivity

Topic	Assignment
Home connectivity
Hypothetical home network	Cost of home information
Local area networks (LAN)
Home LAN connectivity options	Describe options
The importance of standards
Units of measure for distance and speed
Prefixes for counting large numbers
Communication links	Transmission speed
Video is demanding	Home speed and storage
Common sense radio and WiFi
Broadband connectivity options	Clearwire
Fiber is the future
How is the US doing?
Speed testing services	Home connection test
Communication satellites
High altitude platforms
US policy presentation
US policy article
Short overview article on US policy
Mobile and portable connectivity
Fixed, mobile and portable connectivity
Cellular telephony	EVDO review
WiFi hotspots	Philadelphia municipal netework
WiMAX
Portable devices, innovation and form factors
Portable wireless form factors
Combination Wifi-cellular phone and service
Now available in Japan
Mobile access in business
Smart radios
Organization connectivity
CSUDH LAN
Map of CalREN
Los Angeles hub site
Connected LANs
CalREN hub sites
Links to CalREN
CSUDH traffic
CSUDH traffic
CSUDH traffic
Organization connectivity options	Fenwick and West mini case
Data centers and exchange points
Mega data centers and electric power
Server options
Toward ubiquity -- small servers
Backbone networks
Backbone overview -- good and bad news
NSFNet, the first global backbone
AT&T global backbone
Verizon (ex-MCI, UUNET) global backbone
Verizon (ex-MCI, UUNET) performance statistics
Undersea cables
Global Internet traffic -- University of Minnesota
CAIDA
Steadily improving performance -- global
Steadily improving performance -- Ethernet links
Internet Perils monitoring
International bandwidth capacity
Telegeography backone status and trends
Comparative prices of international links
Internet in developing nations	Internet inequity
Global access gap